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double-locking

double-locking is the present participle and gerund of double-lock.

Meaning of double-lock

Verb

double-lock (third-person singular simple present double-locks, present participle double-locking, simple past and past participle double-locked)

  1. (transitive) To lock with two separate locks or bolts.
  2. (transitive) To lock by two turns of the key.

Questions about double-locking

What is double-locking the present participle and gerund of?
Double-locking is the present participle and gerund of double-lock.

Words near double-locking in the dictionary

  1. double-knit
  2. double-line whip
  3. double-line whips
  4. double-lock
  5. double-locked
  6. double-locking
  7. double-locks
  8. double-major
  9. double-majored
  10. double-majoring
  11. double-majors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-locking (page history and authors); double-lock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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